Is The Trucking Industry for me

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We'll help you get your career started in tankers if at all possible.
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What is showing on your MVR?
You ok with a hair follicle drug test? That's what tanker companies do.

 

CDL Fuel Driver Claypool, IN - Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores - Indianapolis,IN
Gemini Transport - hires new cdl grads from approved schools. Call Gemini Transport and ask which schools in your area they hire from. Gemini Transport is owned by Loves Truck Stops.
2 years of verifiable over-the-road driving experience or certification from accredited truck driving academy.
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You and your Fiance will need to do some talking.

What is she going to do when you are gone weeks or months? And even if you did come back home, usually need a certain amount of decompressing and rest before being buried in honey do work or attention.

The money is going to mean more expenses on the road. It's not about what you make. Its about what you DON'T Spend. For example. Little Rock to say... Knoxville. 500 paid miles. Call it .40 a mile total gross will be 200 you likely will spend most of today loading and then rest of the night going to Knoxville for delivery. That's two days. IF you are on time and not held up you will be unloaded sometime when they get to you. Remember 40% for withholding, taxes etc. What's left is around 120 or so. You probably can get by on 30 of that for two days, setting aside the rest.

Suppose you and Fiance are married. Have rent, bills etc. Follow me so far? IF you submit your paperwork via courier or electronically (*Keeping all copies of load delivered, especially the assigned trip pay number and certain other information etc for your own record keeping and verification that you will be paid properly.)

Trucking is feast and famine. Which is why you set aside as much as you can, but not so much you rob yourself of the necessary fluids, food items to sustain your strength. Which may include unloading that 48000 pounds in Knoxville however many hours it will take you to do it.

You are young. That is a blessing. And a curse. You will have a life time to learn this thing. This Nation runs about 3 to 9 days between stopping critical trucks to anarchy. Ive always believed that if you stopped food, gasoline and certain other trucks especially medicine etc long enough you will see society fail. As a driver, you have to be on time.

Some people cannot even get to a doctor appointment across town within 15 minutes and are late. YOU will be attempting to cross perhaps the entire USA and part of Canada (Ontario is experiencing possibly a historic ice storm next 20 hours) and be on time within 10 minutes prior.

Maybe that 15.66 will turn into something very good for you in a few years. Look at that carefully within whatever work you are doing. Examine the structure of power above your supervisor and every other possible promotion and determine for yourself your maximum potential in say 10 years.

10 years from now you will still be a driver. Maybe a trainer if you are lucky. Or in prision, hurt or dead if you are not. Ive gotten pretty much most of my 56 or so expected years that I was told when I graduated trucking school. Which the teacher told me that is pretty much how long I can expect to live well on the road. I got pretty close to 56 myself. I prefer to remember the many who did not. More particularly those who I saved and lost over the years. That stays with me.

Im not here to be difficult or rain on your parade. You have one life. And one body to live that life. Do it well. Spend it and use it wisely. Once that's gone it's gone.

I hope you enjoy the ride. Some never do.

 

Driver - Regional Tanker Truck Driver - Class A CDL - Indianapolis, IN
Schneider Tanker drivers are among the highest paid in the fleet, and you can earn up to $0.56 per mile* with a weekly performance pay up to $0.04 per mile (up to $68,000 per year with accessorial pay), while still getting weekly home time. This Regional CDL truck driving position specializes in safely hauling bulk liquid chemicals - 2/3 of which are non-hazardous. Tanker truckers in a Regional configuration enjoy a small-company feel with large-company benefits - which you'll experience right away with our industry-leading paid tanker training.
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Live within 125 miles of Indianapolis, IN and live in Indiana
$5,000 sign-on bonus for inexperienced drivers
Up to $7,000 tuition reimbursement (paid at $200/month) for qualified drivers
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Usually, Schneider will pay for cdl school upfront of you can pay for it yourself and Schnedier will reimburse you. So, you see, Schneider hires new cdl school graduates. Hiring age is 21 yrs. old.

 

Tanker companies do a heart rate test during orientation. You MUST pass this test to complete the hiring process. Start practicing now to be prepared. This test will be after graduation from cdl school and on the first day of tanker training.

 

the time and effort put into this profession is better spent on something else. its like someone who drinks trying to tell someone who never has to not even start. save whatever you make now and put all your effort, time and money into somthing else, you will probably long term see far better returns than what you will get out of trucking. unless you cant think of anything else you would prefer to do then i guess go for it